NASCIMENTO, C.; FIGUEIREDO, V. B.; NASCIMENTO, Cíntia do.; FIGUEIREDO, Valdenora Bernardo de.
Resumen:
In the Municipality of Aparecida, in the State of Paraíba, the Association of Beekeepers of Alto Sertão Paraibano - ASPA can be considered a popular urban economic initiative that has central elements of common identity in collective work and in the democratic nature of decision making. diversity of its associates. This work was developed with the objective of investigating the apicle production chain led by the Association of Beekeepers of Alto Sertão Paraibano - ASPA in the Municipality of Aparecida / PB from the socioeconomic and productive indicators. In order to carry out this work, bibliographical surveys were carried out in several sources, such as books, internet, support handouts and ASPA worksheets. The field research was carried out with the beekeepers of this organization, obtaining important data regarding this activity. Information such as the profile of producers, bee production and the sustainability that exists in this activity were all worked on in this study. The collection instrument was the questionnaire. The results extracted from the research show the apicula productive chain as being a sustainable economic activity capable of promoting the economic, environmental and social development of the active members inserted in this activity.
